Yasmine Affes will serve as President-elect. The president-elect is a two-year term, in which the student leader serves one year as president-elect and one year as Student Academy President/AAPA Student Director on AAPA’s Board of Directors. This position presides at the Assembly of Representatives meeting for the Student Academy and will succeed the president on completion of their term. Beginning on July 1, current Student Academy President-elect Brittny Dawkins will transition to the role of President/Student Director.

Isabella Bullock will become Chief Delegate and serve a one-year term. Among the duties of Chief Delegate are leading the student delegation to AAPA’s House of Delegates (HOD), representing issues of importance to students in preparing resolutions for HOD consideration and representing student perspectives on other resolutions brought before the HOD.  The Chief Delegates also provides recommendations to the AAPA House Officers regarding student representation on HOD Committees.

Ana Ahmad will serve a one-year term as the Director of Diversity and Outreach, which develops relationships with other health profession student associations, connects and engages with diversity chairs at student societies, and raises awareness among student members of AAPA’s diversity efforts and resources. In addition to these duties, Ana will also bring the student voice to AAPA’s Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Commission during her term.

As the Director of Student Communications, Danika Okpaleke will inform the student strategy by representing student perspectives on issues facing students and contribute to developing PA student-generated content. She will raise awareness of Student Academy information, student opportunities, student membership, testimonials about AAPA products, and AAPA advocacy efforts. This is a one-year term.

The Student Academy includes six Regional Directors charged with communicating AAPA news and information, resources, and opportunities with student societies within their respective regions. They work to increase student awareness of Student Academy leadership opportunities, AAPA student member benefits, and AAPA advocacy efforts. During their one-year leadership term, Regional Directors are responsible for actively encouraging and assisting all PA programs within their region to establish and register a student society with the Student Academy. The following PA students will serve as Regional Directors:

Mid-Atlantic Regional Director	North Central Regional Director
Erica Chamberlain	Emily Lorkowski

Northeast Regional Director	South Central Regional Director
Kashaf Khatri	Harlee Kelley

Southeast Regional Director	Western Regional Director
Lauren Pinelli	Alexis Newton